Chapter 24 Summative Quiz
Chapter 24 Summative Quiz
Multiple Choice
Choose the letter of the best answer.
Question
A.
appeal to the wealthy for financial support.
B.
choose a city boss as his running mate.
C.
make difficult concessions to labor unions in the East and Midwest.
D.
unite the warring factions of the Democratic party.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.
Question
A.
Roosevelt won with only a bare majority of the popular and Electoral College votes.
B.
For the first time in American history, the Socialist and Communist party candidates made a huge showing.
C.
Roosevelt won 57 percent of the popular vote, and Democrats swept both houses of Congress.
D.
It was the first time that a majority of African Americans cast their votes for a Democratic candidate.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.
Question
A.
Members united around specific policies.
B.
Members came together to defeat an expansion of the welfare state.
C.
Members came together around an anti-capitalist ideology.
D.
Members expressed faith that government would change things for the better.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.
Question
A.
Socialism held the solution to the nation's economic crisis.
B.
Overconsumption was the greatest flaw in America's capitalist economy.
C.
Government intervention in big business was bad business.
D.
Capitalism held the solution to the nation's economic crisis.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.
Question
A.
expanding railroad lines to make travel and trade easier for rural Americans.
B.
establishing programs to facilitate the opening of new overseas markets for farmers' surplus crops.
C.
initiating federal oversight to ensure that sharecroppers and tenant farmers received a fair share of government benefits.
D.
providing electricity to rural communities through the Rural Electrification Administration.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.
Question
A.
The farmers' loan applications were not processed correctly.
B.
Southern states did not participate in these New Deal programs.
C.
The programs benefitted large farmers rather than tenant farmers who rented land.
D.
Tenant farmers did not qualify for these assistance programs because they didn't own the land they farmed.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.
Question
A.
He believed that Roosevelt had enlarged the federal government too greatly.
B.
He criticized Roosevelt for providing too much support for blacks.
C.
He believed that the New Deal was the handmaiden of business elites.
D.
He viewed the New Deal as infringing on the rights of business.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.
Question
A.
reduce government involvement in business.
B.
enact new programs to desegregate the South.
C.
enact major new social welfare programs.
D.
reduce government involvement in social welfare.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.
Question
A.
He was too busy with programs for workers and farmers.
B.
He could not afford to lose the support of southern Democrats for his New Deal agenda.
C.
He was unmoved by African Americans' circumstances and not concerned about civil rights.
D.
He was afraid of creating disorder in the South by disturbing the balance of power between blacks and white landowners.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.
Question
A.
The public reacted to new social programs with apathy.
B.
There was a nearly 60 percent turnover in President Roosevelt's cabinet.
C.
Republicans made gains in Congress.
D.
Roosevelt was unable to gain support for his plan to nationalize banking and agriculture.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.
Question
A.
It prevented the United States from turning toward authoritarian solutions to the nation's economic crisis.
B.
It ended the Depression and eliminated the class hierarchy in the United States.
C.
It weakened presidential power and strengthened the military-industrial complex.
D.
It ended the Depression and led directly to the United States' involvement in World War II.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A .
Question
A.
They denounced it for failing to serve the interests of workers and their families.
B.
They pronounced it fascist and called for the impeachment of President Roosevelt.
C.
They dismissed it as inadequate and openly called for the overthrow of capitalism.
D.
They had begun to support the New Deal's relief programs and its encouragement of labor unions.
Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.